Looking Out From the Top: Differential Effects of Status and Power on Perspective Taking

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 723-737

  Blader, Steven L ^a   Shirako, Aiwa ^a   Chen, Ya Ru ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

hierarchy; perspective taking; power; social attention; status

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84964968269     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216636628     Document Type: Article

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